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Disappointed: Czechoslovak defector Marcel Gery, left, with his coach Jim Fowlie, won't represent Canada in the Summer Olympics because he can't get his citizenship in time
Disappointed: Czechoslovak defector Marcel Gery, left, with his coach Jim Fowlie, won't represent Canada in the Summer Olympics because he can't get his citizenship in time

Disappointed: Czechoslovak defector Marcel Gery, left, with his coach Jim Fowlie, won't represent Canada in the Summer Olympics because he can't get his citizenship in time

Date5/24/1988
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Original Toronto Star caption: Disappointed: Czechoslovak defector Marcel Gery, left, with his coach Jim Fowlie, won't represent Canada in the Summer Olympics because he can't get his citizenship in time.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0049768F
      Start of a new life. World-ranked butterfly and freestyle swimmer Marcel Gery, who defected from Czechoslovakia last week, poses outside the home of a(...)
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      Combs, Erin
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      Bull, Ron
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      Rev. and Mrs. Alfred Fowlie and daughter Rachael. I want to have a life of my own alongside his, she says
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